Example Sentences

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In this instance, education becomes a terrain of struggle, which refuses one's erasure or voicelessness and resists the dictates of an audit culture.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2021

“I think there is a real history of orators who have had to struggle, a type of imposed voicelessness, you know, having that stage at inauguration,” she said.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2021

Its results were definitive — and explained the reason for Vivienne’s prolonged voicelessness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2019

About how Nas evoked Queensbridge’s voicelessness through poetry that was vivid and lurid, thrilling yet introspective, and dark with glimmers of hope.

From Time • Apr. 25, 2014

Racine writing to Boileau recommended the syrup of Erysimum to him when visiting the waters of Bourbonne in order to be cured of voicelessness.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas